!!METAL MATT!! Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 Ok this Is the neck Im planing on useing for the Brutalizer V, im moding the headstock, Im painting the back of the neck Black and I want To scalop the fret board and paint it How Do I paint the fretboard so that the strings Wount just scrape off the paint? !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughes Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 when i asked how to paint a fretboard, someone told me to buy some black woodstaing and he said it worked good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 Now, are you painting the fretboard black too, or jsut clear coating. If you are just clearing, just cover the frets with good masking tape, like 1/8" 3M tape, and prep the board like you would a top, sand to about 600, damping it and sanding the fuzz that goes up a few times, then start the clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primal Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 Also, if you are clear coating, the Fender method is to spray it and then scrape the finish of the frets afterward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocksolid Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 i think something everyone might have not noticed is that you said you are scalloping the fretboard, if the scallops are reasonably deep the strings will never actually touch the fretboard, so you can paint whatever you want without having to worry about that paint coming off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoctor Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 MinWax CocoaBean wood stain. I use it to centralize the black color of fretboards that have been abused. You have to put it on kinda heavy and wipe the excess off after a day or two with a good thinner but the color is good and the penetration is great, even on dense woods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted July 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 Now, are you painting the fretboard black too, or jsut clear coating. If you are just clearing, just cover the frets with good masking tape, like 1/8" 3M tape, and prep the board like you would a top, sand to about 600, damping it and sanding the fuzz that goes up a few times, then start the clear. Ahh Maiden Im glade Your In on this I was Planing On something Like Your Green guitar half Of It Im scalloping, Im thinking about painting it black Yes How Did you do your's? !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 the strings don't touch the wood anyway...your fingers do,but only lightly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted July 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 the strings don't touch the wood anyway...your fingers do,but only lightly Well I do some string Bend's That When I get going I could Do some Damage Maybe Paint Is A bad Idea for me, I could Try something else !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 the strings don't touch the wood anyway...your fingers do,but only lightly Well I do some string Bend's That When I get going I could Do some Damage Maybe Paint Is A bad Idea for me, I could Try something else !!METAL MATT!! ← no...they don't touch the board no matter how far you bend them...try it sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted July 6, 2005 Report Share Posted July 6, 2005 Wes is right, strings very rarely touch the fretboard, if they do at all. On the green, I did the same thing as I posted above, I used 3M tape to mask the frets, then painted the green base, and over that the clear. Keep in mind that with a long time playing it will eventualy start to wear a bit from the fingers rubbing against it. What you can do is stain the fretboard black, then paint it black, so when the wear marks start to show, it will be black instead of bright maple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tirapop Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 I've seen unrestored vintage Tele's/Strat's with maple fingerboards and there's wear in the lacquer, down to bare wood. I don't know if it's strings or fingers responsible. That part of the reason Fender discontinued maple fretboard from '59 to '67. Granted that was with older, less durable lacquer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 I don't know if it's strings or fingers responsible. it's from fingers...the strings don't touch the board. why don't you guys get up from the computer,walk over to your guitars,and try to squeeze your strings hard enough for the actual string to hit the board? come on...i dare you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted July 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 Wes Is Right, Again as normal ALL HAIL WES !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digideus Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 I don't know if it's strings or fingers responsible. it's from fingers...the strings don't touch the board. why don't you guys get up from the computer,walk over to your guitars,and try to squeeze your strings hard enough for the actual string to hit the board? come on...i dare you ← You mean ACTUALLY LEAVE THE COMPUTER! SACRILEGE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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